NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 42002482
Irpa
Norwegian Sea · Gas · Approved for production · Operator Equinor Energy AS
Irpa is a gas field in the Norwegian Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 2009 by wellbore 6705/10-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as approved for production.
4 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 51%.
4 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported
- 0
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 0
- mill Sm³ o.e. since first report
- 4
- wellbores on file
- 4
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 327 B
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 51% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Petoro AS | 20% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Harbour Energy Norge AS | 19% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| A/S Norske Shell | 10% | Dec 23, 2024 |
Production licence 327 B: ownership history and register messages →
Reserves
THE DIRECTORATE'S ESTIMATE · AS OF DEC 31, 2025
These are the Norwegian Offshore Directorate's own year-end estimates, shown as it publishes them. Petrora does not estimate reserves.
| Oil, mill Sm³ | Gas, bill Sm³ | NGL, mill tonnes | Condensate, mill Sm³ | O.e., mill Sm³ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Originally recoverable | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.45 | 23.6 |
| Remaining | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.45 | 23.6 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Irpa is a field in the Vøring Basin in the Norwegian Sea, 80 kilometres west of the Aasta Hansteen field. The water depth is 1330 metres. Irpa was discovered in 2009, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2023. The development concept includes a subsea template with four slots tied-back to the existing Aasta Hansteen facility.
- Reservoir
- The reservoir contains gas in turbiditic sandstone of Late Cretaceous age in the Springar Formation, at a depth of 3200 metres. The reservoir properties are good.
- Recovery strategy
- The field will be produced by pressure depletion.
- Transport
- The gas will be exported via Polarled to the terminal at Nyhamna. Light oil will be offloaded from Aasta Hansteen to shuttle tankers.
- Status
- The field is under development. The production is planned to start in 2026.
Wellbores
Production 3 · Wildcat 1
All 4 wellbores in Irpa, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 6705/10-1 →
This field on Sodir FactPages →
About this data
Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Production is saleable volume by month from the Directorate's profiles, cut at the latest month any field has reported; yearly and cumulative figures are those months added up. Shares are the current rows of the field's licensee history. Reserves are the Directorate's estimate.
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